Walking on 2 feet is not that hard… or is it? The answer is “yes,” if you are a robot. Well, at least it’s an ongoing challenge. In this week’s edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at some inspiring homemade biped robots. Here are links related to the show: […]
Make: Live episode 12 is all about robots, celebrating the release of MAKE v27. Our guests Simone Davalos, Andrew Terranova, and Tim Laursen brought the house down! Tim Laursen performs in-studio with his incredible Robot Drummers, and Andrew Terranova from Let’s Make Robots shows off his impressive collection of homemade bots. Catch up on video […]
For this episode of “Tiny Yellow House” for Make Magazine, host Derek “Deek” Diedricksen pulls another idea from his book Humble Homes, Simple Shacks. This time, its an easy wooden boat made from little more than one sheet of plywood. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it […]
This month’s Latest in Arduino episode is out. Host James Floyd Kelly discusses a new Arduino book, solders up the Maker Shield, and discusses Arduino-controlled robots with J. D. and Josh.
Not all electronic signals are communicated via electricity. By transmitting information in the form of light, we can avoid many limitations inherent to traditional wiring. And on top of all those benefits – fiber optics are just straight-up cool!
In this weeks edition of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Andrew and Frits are looking at a big question in life: “Why build a robot?” And they have at least one fun reason: Solve a challenge. Frits’s favorite challenge is discussed in the show: Crossing the Gap Challenge Also in this show, is featured music […]
Only recently did I find out that you can develop negative film with instant coffee, vitamin C, and washing soda. This homebrew developer has become known as “caffenol” and there are plenty of photographers out there who have used this method in the darkroom. I read up on a few different recipes and tried my […]
